The Fraser Institute released the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) 2022 Annual Report on 8 September 2022. Through its rating of 165 jurisdictions, the EFW index aims to provide an overview of how much effort a country’s institutions dedicate to introducing policies in favour of economic freedom.

For the year 2022, the report ranked Mauritius at a noteworthy, improved 9 ^th position globally (2019: 11^th) which places the country among the top nations worldwide having policies and institutions conducive to economic freedom.

The Fraser Institute is an independent, non-partisan research and educational organisation which provides an in-depth analysis of each country’s degree of economic freedom across five key areas, namely:

a. Size of Government;

b. Legal System and Property Rights;

c. Sound Money;

d. Freedom to Trade Internationally; and

e. Regulation of Credit, Labour and Business.

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